IRVINE-Orange Coast College's Cynthia Tran completed an undefeated
season by sweeping through the competition to win the singles title at
the Hyundai California Community College Women's Badminton State
Championships at Irvine Valley College Saturday afternoon.
The top-seeded Tran defeated third seed Phyrun Than of El Camino College, 11-3, 11-2, in the
championship match.
Tran, a freshman out of Garden Grove, improved her record to 30-0 on the
season. She also only dropped one game (60-1) all year. Tran had earlier
won the Orange Empire Conference individual singles crown.
Tran added to her list of titles by capturing the state doubles
championship, as well, on Saturday at Irvine Valley.
Tran and teammate Rosie Pham, who were seeded No. 1, beat the
second-seeded team of Rachelle Manzano and Katsue Takahashi of San Diego
Mesa, 15-5, 15-10, in the championship. The Orange Coast duo also
claimed a conference doubles title this season.
In other badminton action on Saturday, Thu Tran of Pasadena City College
won the consolation singles title. Thu Tran also teamed up with Caroline
Kuo to take the consolation doubles title.
This was the second straight year that the Hyundai California Community
College Women's Badminton State Championships were held at Irvine Valley
College.
Individual Championship singles results at Irvine Valley College
Seeds: #1 Cynthia Tran (OCC), #2 Rachelle Manzano (SDM), #3 Phyrun Than
(ECC), #4 Eiei Tun (SFC)
Semifinal round (Singles)
Cynthia Tran (OCC) def. Katsue Takahashi (SDM) 11-6, 11-2
Phyrun Than (ECC) def. Diana Chuang (DAC) 2-11, 11-5, 11-5
Championship round (Singles)
Cynthia Tran (OCC) def. Phyrun Than (ECC) 11-3, 11-2
Consolation championship round (Singles)
Thu Tran (PCC) def. Ellen Chen (PCC)
Individual Championship doubles results at Irvine Valley College
Seeds: #1 Rosie Pham/Cynthia Tran (OCC), #2 Rachelle Manzano/Katsue
Takahashi (SDM), #3 Eiei Tun/Shinmei Wong (SFC), #4 Diana
Chuang/Christine Lee
Semifinal round (Doubles)
Rosie Pham/Cynthia Tran (OCC) def. Diana Chuang/Christine Lee (DAC)
15-6, 15-1
Rachalle Manzano/Katsue Takahashi (SDM) def. Lisa Apel/Jacqueline Myers
(IVC) 15-2, 15-7
Championship round (Doubles)
Rosie Pham/Cynthia Tran (OCC) def. Rachelle Manzano/Katsue Takahashi
(SDM) 15-5, 15-10
Consolation championship round (Doubles)
Caroline Kuo/Thu Tran (PCC) def. Fabiola Gonzalez/Shely Salim (ECC)
